It’s sad when news media tries to make one side look like the enemy when the other is just as bad or it’s their fault. I saw on the news once that Hezbollah gave the media a tour of the damaged areas and only showed them damage from Isreal and turned on ambulances just for show purposes.
Thats nothing new. Been done since the beginning of moving pictures. All wars has that.
Usually by the reporters themselves demanding something, to bring back to their boss.
The media always represents their news in a way it is easy to misinterpret.
Take this for example:
Excerpt from ‘SECRETS OF THE ALPHA MALE’ by Carlos Xuma
Let me help you understand how your opinions of women have been shaped –
and distorted – by the media. Ask anyone about the difference in the wages between
men and women and they’ll tell you that women earn (on average) less than men. But
have you ever asked yourself why this is?
The common assumption is that women earn less than men because of
discrimination. We imagine that there are all these ass-slapping chauvinists in corporate
America holding women back.
But that is completely false.
Here’s the REAL DEAL, Alpha Men:
Recent studies by Economics professor June O’Neill found that among workers
ages 27 to 33 who’ve never had a child, women earn 98% of what men do. Men and
women also earn similar median starting salaries across most disciplines.
What they also fail to tell you is that women earn more than men in many
vocations. Female banking officers out-earn men by $15,000 a year, and female health
industry managers make $18,000 more per year.
So what accounts for the wage difference in all those statistics where they say
that women only earn 76 percent of what men do?
- Women (generally) have fewer years of work experience, work fewer hours
per year, are less likely to work a full-time schedule and leave the labor force
for longer periods of time – often for family reasons.- Women are also less likely to pursue degrees that lead to high-paying jobs,
such as those in law, medicine, engineering, computer science, math, and
science education.- Women tend to lose a lot of productivity due to leaving the labor force to bear
children. Not that women should be penalized for this, of course, but these
absences from the workforce will have repercussions on their earning power
and professional development.
Huh. How about that.
That’s just the beginning.
Ever wondered why whenever foreigners commit a crime, it’s all over the news but when “the common folk” commits a crime it’s treated like a normal event. This has led to many people discriminating foreigners, acusing them of criminality just because the new (intentionally?) represented the “facts” in an easy-to-misinterpret fashion.
Mmmmm…Chopped pork and ham.
Haha! Well said Social! 